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And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.
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Then said David, `None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath Jehovah fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him -- unto the age.'
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And David assembleth all Israel unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place that he had prepared for it.
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And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.
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Of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.
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Of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
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Of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.
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Of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
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Of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty.
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Of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.
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And David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,